Myanmar National Literature Award

Myanmar National Literature Awards (Burmese: အမျိုးသား စာပေဆု) are awards presented to a Burmese author who has published a particularly lauded piece or body of work. There are awards for forms of writing ranging from poetry to novels. Many awards are also dedicated to a certain genre of fiction or non-fiction writing (such as science fiction or politics). Most literary awards come with a corresponding award ceremony.

Burma National Literature Award
Date1970
CountryMyanmar

Background

The Myanmar National Literature Awards have been presented since 1970. They are for the best works published in the previous year in each category as determined by a selection committee from Sarpay Beikman ("Palace of Literature"), a division of the Ministry of Information that is concerned with promoting books in Burmese and other national languages. Sarpay Beikman also gives the Sarpay Beikman Manuscript Awards for unpublished works that are submitted in manuscript.[1] In recent years the genres covered by Sarpay Beikman Manuscript and National Literary Awards have been gradually extended and the number of awards increased.[2] As of 2007 there were twelve types of award, of which the recently instituted lifetime achievement award was the most prestigious.[3] The awards complement the privately sponsored Sayawun Tin Shwe Award, Pakokku U Ohn Pe literary award, Thuta Swesone literary award and Tun Foundation award.[4]

The award has been given since 1962 for distinguished work in categories that include:

Maung Wuntha, a member of the selection committee for the National Literary Awards and a veteran journalist died on 11 August 2013.[5]

Awards by year

1972 awards

1978 awards

1979 awards

  • Saya Zawgyi for Nin-la-hè chit dukkha (Damn You, Broken Heart) and Other Short Stories

1986

1987 awards

1988 awards

1989 awards

1992 awards

National Literary Awards for 1992 were announced on 2 December 1993. They were:[6]

CategoryAuthorWork
Collected Short Stories[7]Nay Win MyintHset-na-kyo
PoemsNyunt Wai (Katha)Seik Bya-tin kabyar-myar
General Knowledge (Arts)Tekkatho Htin GyiMyanmar NaingNgan Thadinzar-mya Ahnyun (History of the press in Myanmar)
General Knowledge (Applied Science)U Pe TheinHlyat-sit Pyin-nyar Thabaw-taya hnint Let-twe
TranslationMya Than TintCity of Joy (သုခမြို့တော်)
Children's LiteratureTheikpan Soe Myint NaingNyi-htwelay atwet Khalay Kabyar-myar
Myanmar Culture and ArtsU Kyaw NyeinBagan Myohaung Myingaba Gu-byauk-gyi Paya
Belles-LettresMaung Hkun Nwe (Innlay)Pa-O

No awards were made for Novels, Drama, Youth Literature, Translation (general knowledge), General Knowledge (science) or Political Literature.

1995 awards

CategoryAuthorWork
FictionKhin Hnin YuMya Kyar Phyu မြကြာဖြူ White Lotus
TranslationMya Than TintBeyond Love (အချစ်မိုးကောင်းကင်)

2003 awards

Awards for 2003 were presented in December 2004. The Lifelong National Literary Award was won by writer Htay Maung. Other winners of National Literary Awards were Hsaung Win Lat, Khin Khin Htoo, Salin Phone Kyaw, Daw Mi Mi Lay, Maung Thit Sar, Myinmu Maung Naing Moe, Than Aung (Anyamyay), Hlaing Thin, Maung Tun Thu, Ma Kyan, Kyaw Oo, Naing Shwe Moe, Kyu Kyu Thin and Dr Ma Tin Win.[8]

2005 awards

Award winners in 2005 were:[9]

CategoryAuthorWork
Lifetime AchievementDaw Yin Yin (Saw Monnyin)
NovelHsinbyukyun Aung Thein
Collected short storiesYin Yin Nu (Mandalay)
Belles-lettersMaung Moe Yan
Myanmar culture and fine arts literatureMinshin Aung (Twantay)
Child literatureTin Lin Zaw
TranslationNan Mya Kay Khine
General knowledge (arts)Ma Kyan
General knowledge (science)Aye Kyaw
PoliticalPe Thein Tin (ambassador)

2007 awards

The 2007 award winners included:[3]

CategoryAuthorWork
Lifetime achievementSaya Hsinbyugyun Aung Thein
Belles-lettersTekkatho Sein TinBiography of Grandma U Zun
Youth LiteratureLinkaryikyawVoice of a crane’s flapping (Kyokyar Taungpan Khathan)
TranslationSaya Tin Maung MyintBlack dream, green love, written by Henry Denker
Collected Short Stories[7]Nay Win Myint

2008 awards

The 2008 awards were presented at the Ministry of Information on 31 December 2009. Winners were:[10]

CategoryAuthorWork
Life-Time AchievementSayagyi Dr Kyaw Sein
Belle-letterYein Nwe Par
Selected short storiesKyu Kyu Thin
Myanmar culture and fine arts literatureMyat Wai Toe (Institute of Education)
Child literatureYenanmye Maung Manug Kyi
Youth literatureKyunsinmye Saw Khet
Translation (general knowledge)Taw Kaung Min
Translation (aesthetics)Win Htut Zaw
General knowledge (arts)Dr Dagon
General knowledge (science)Dr Kyaw Tint
General knowledge (applied science)Aung Soe

2009 awards

The 2009 awards were presented at the hall of the Ministry of Information in Nay Pyi Taw on 31 December 2010. The Lifetime Achievement for National Literary Award was presented to Dr Khin Maung Nyunt. Other winners of literary awards were Linka Yi Kyaw, Maung Cheint, Maung Ni Win, Maung Khin Min (Danubyu), U Kyaw Than (Phekon), Min Shwe Min (Insein), Ye Tint, Ma Kyan, Pho Swe (Timber Enterprise) and U Saw Aung Hla Tun.[11]

2010 awards

2010 award winners were:[7]

CategoryAuthorWork
Lifetime achievementDr Thaw KaungMany articles and ten books including From the Librarian's Window: View of Library and Manuscript Studies and Myanmar Literature (2008) and Aspects of Myanmar History and Culture (2010)
Translation (Aesthetic)Nay Win MyintYekantha Kyataingaye, translation of The Glass Palace by Amitah Gosh
Collected Short StoriesYe ShanBudayongale (A Little Railway Station)
Collected PoemsMyinmu Maung Naing MoeAlwan-thadin Pan-ta-khin (Melancholic News and a Bed of Flowers)
Belles-lettersTint Swe (Pyapon)Kyawpoeikalayko Chikalwe (A Bag Riding on Me)
Youth LiteratureTin MyintFrom Shinma Mountain to Ayeyarwady
Translation (General Knowledge)Boe HlaingDiscovery of India
General KnowledgeDr Aung Myint OoResearch on Language
General Knowledge (Science)Sayagyi U Han TunNarathukha Treatise and Prose Treatise
General Knowledge (Applied Science)Saw Ngu Wah (Pyinmana)IM Bio-technological Agriculture
Political LiteratureKo Than (Kyimyindine)The Secret Journey of a Myanmar Youth Group to the Battlefield of Vietnam
English LanguageKyaw LattArt and Architecture of Bagan and Historical Background

2011 awards

2011 award winners were:[12][13]

CategoryAuthorWork
Lifetime achievementMin Yu Wai
Translation (Aesthetic)Tin Maung MyintMyaw translation of Waiting by Ha Jin
Translation (General Knowledge)U Kyi Myint (Lathar)
Collected Short StoriesYe Myat Tin
Collected PoemsPyinmana Maung Ni Thin
Belles-lettersKaythipan U Hla Myint
Translation (General Knowledge)U Kyi Myint
General Knowledge (Art)Dr U Win Naing
General Knowledge (Science)Khin Maung Swe
General Knowledge (Applied Science)Thaung Nyunt Thit
Political LiteratureKo Ko Maung Gyi
English Language (General)U Thet Tun
DramaU Nyein MinTapin Kyo Hlyin Naut Hna Pin (Two Trees Grow where One Falls Down)
Myanmar Culture and ArtsNatmauk Tun Shein
Children’s LiteratureMaung Seinn Naung

2012 awards

The 2012 awards was presented at the National Theatre, Yangon on 3 December 2013. 2012 award winners were:[14]

CategoryAuthorWork
Lifetime achievementKhin Swe Oo
Aung Thin
Theikpan Hmu Tin
Translation (Aesthetic)Tin Maung MyintPyit Hume Ne Pyit Dan, translation of Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Translation (General Knowledge)Maung Myint KyweMyanmarpyi Hma Naeyet Myar, translation of Burmese Days by George Orwell
Collected Short StoriesKhin Mya ZinKaungkin Moe Tain Wuttu-to Mya (Clouds Over the Sky and Others Short Stories)
Collected PoemsKo (Tekkatho)Mya Kan Thar Kabyar Poung Chok (Mya Khan Thar Collected Poems)
Belles-lettersDr Khin LatyarPae Pae Bo Let Ya (My Father, Bo Let Ya)
General Knowledge (Art)Maung Hon Won(Kahtika)Min Thu Wun Hint Kabyar (Min Thu Wun and His Poems)
General Knowledge (Science)Kyaw OoYae Kyi Ta Pauk
General Knowledge (Applied Science)Dr Khin Sann MawTilikesan Myar Hma Lu Ko Kuset That Taw Yawgar Myar
Political LiteratureKyaw WinMyanmar Naing Nyan Yaw Lelar Sansit Chat (1948-1988) (Analysis on Political History of Myanmar (1948-1988))
English Language (General Knowledge)Myint AungRevealing Myanmar's Past: An Anthology of Archaeological Articles
NovelHtet Naing (Talok Myoth)Ma Pyaw Pyit Kae Tae Sagar
Myanmar Culture and ArtsStephen Ni KioChin Yin Kyae Hmu Dalae Htone Tan
Children’s LiteratureShwe Myaing Pyone Lei MawAryone Oo Hmar Pu Tae Pan Nae Kalay Kabyar Myar

2013 awards

The 2013 awards were presented at the National Theatre, Yangon on 22 November 2014. 2013 award winners were:[15]

CategoryAuthorWork
Lifetime achievementDr Khin Aye (Maung Khin Min-Danubyu)

Sithu U Tin Hlaing (Ledwinthar Saw Chit)
U Myint Kyi (Tekkatho Myat Soe)

Translation (General Knowledge)Tun Tint Aung (Myanmar translator)
Collected Short StoriesWai (University of Economics)
Collected PoemsMaung Lwan Naing (Sabeingon)
Belles-lettersMaung Yint Mar (Kyaunggon)
General Knowledge (Art)U San Win (History Research)
General Knowledge (Science)Dr Kyaw Than Tun (Guangdong Medical University)
General Knowledge (Applied Science)Dr Ye Win Tun
Political LiteratureThein Oo
English Language (General Knowledge)Ye Dway
NovelNaing Zaw
Myanmar Culture and ArtsMyat Wai Toe (University of Education)
Children’s LiteratureThan Aung (Anyamyay)

See also

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